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AMERICAN HOMES AND GA 



RDENS 



November, 1907 



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Richness of 

 decorative effect in 

 wall coverings is best at- 

 tained by preserving complete 

 harmony in the general color 

 scheme of a room. The effects 

 in homes where 



FABRIKONA 



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WOVEN WALL COVERINGS 



adorn the walls are refined 

 and artistic. Moreover, 

 FAB-Rl-KO-NA fabrics are 

 strong and durable, prevent 

 walls from cracking, do not tear 

 easily, and are clean, sanitary 

 and economical. 



FAB- R/- KO- N/l colors are permanenl. 

 Enhaustive tests have proved beyond ques- 

 tion f/ia(FflB-R/-KO-N/l Woven WaltCov. 

 erings ho/d ttieir colors. Look for Trade 

 Marli "FAB-RI-KO-N/i" on back of goods. 



"New Ideas lor Home 

 Decoration" 



If yo\i are pi a 11 nil! to decorate your 

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 "AVif hleas for Home Decoration." 

 Written by John Taylor, the eminent 

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 illustrated with ten designs in color 

 by John Kdnie, this book will show 

 some of tlie artistic possibilities of 

 FAB- RI-KO-N A, and suggest a 

 scheme of treatment for your own 

 home. 



Our erperta will devise a color schevic 

 siiiti'il to your needit. You can see actual 

 samples of FAB-RI-KO-KA ill contrast 

 with woodwork in natural shades. 



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FAIt ni-KO-NA Woven Wall 

 Cuveringa are known and 

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be made to form a mold; it need not be more 

 than a foot or eighteen inches high, as it can 

 be raised as the concrete hardens. Pebbles, 

 sharp sand and broken stone, in the proportion 

 of seven parts to one of cement, well mixed, 

 are used for the body of the wall ; it should 

 be added a few inches at a time and well 

 tamped down, until the mold is filled. If 

 the frame is of the full height of the pit the 

 wall may be built at one time, but where a 

 low frame is used it will be necessary to let 

 each tier of concrete "set" before adding the 

 second tier, or the tamping of this will cause 

 the wet concrete to bulge. 



Two inches of the top of wall and the face 

 of the wall should be made with a higher 

 grade of material — sharp sand and cement in 

 the proportion of two to one. In the top of 

 the wall a wooden frame for the sash to rest 

 on should be cemented in. This need not be 

 more than an inch or two wide or high, simply 

 something on which the sash may be hinged 

 or fastened, but the sinking it in the mortar 

 renders it permanent and air and water tight. 



No floor is required in a hotbed, and every 

 effort should be made to secure good drain- 

 age. Where the natural lay of the land does 

 not afford this, it will be well to sink a tile 

 or even a deep hole filled with broken stone 

 in one corner of the hotbed, the top being level 

 with the surface of the soil or slightly be- 

 low it. 



All hotbed sash should be well glazed and 

 painted and fit as nearly air tight as possible. 

 There should always be sufficient slant to the 

 sash to shed water, and the direction, wher- 

 ever possible, should be toward the south. It 

 is of first importance that the beds be pro- 

 tected on the north from cold winds, and 

 hence a position on the south side of a building 

 or wall is desirable. 



Having completed the frame and installed 

 it in the pit, the next thing is to get it in 

 working order as soon as possible ; for this 

 the pit should be filled with fresh manure^ — 

 that gathered over night from young grain- 

 fed horses being best — never use manure that 

 has lain more than a few hours, and the fresher 

 the better. It should be put directly in the 

 pits, filling them full and pressing down some- 

 what so that the pit will be quite evenly filled ; 

 place the sash in position and wait for fer- 

 mentation to begin. Usually in twenty-four 

 hours the mass will be in a violent state of 

 heat, and may be pressed down and the soil 

 added. In tramping down the manure it 

 should be made as level as possible and quite 

 solid. The manure should contain a liberal 

 quantity of bedding — leaves or straw — as this 

 furnishes fuel for the fire of the manure and 

 insures the continuance of a steady heat for 

 some time, while clear manure would produce 

 a violent heat at the start which would soon 

 die out, leaving the beds cold. 



When the manure is in a thorough state of 

 fermentation in every part of the bed, and has 

 been trampled down, an inch or two of old. 

 well-rotted manure should be added evenly 

 over the surface. This serves as food for the 

 young plants and prevents their sending roots 

 down into the fresh manure underneath, which 

 would burn and destroy them. Over the old 

 manure place about four inches of good gar- 

 den loam mixed with a little leaf mold if 

 procurable; the surface inch of soil, at least, 

 should be sifted and made very fine; the soil 

 should be moist enough to sow the seeds, but 

 neither wet or dry. 



In sowing the seeds it will be found desir- 

 able to divide the bed — if there is only one, 

 with a partition, that plants requiring a high 

 temperature may be planted by thenaselves and 

 those requiring less heat — as cabbages and 

 cauliflowers — by themselves. It is not well 

 to try to grow cabbages and cauliflowers and 

 tomatoes and peppers under exactly the same 



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48 Yantic Road, Norwich Town, Conn. 



By William Herbert 



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VILLAGE MANSION— For Sale 



SUMMIT STREET PROSPECT. N Y. 



Especially suitable for fine residence summer borne or sanitarium, 

 finished in quartered and red oaks and conraininp fifteen rooms 

 < eiebt of tbem bed.-ooms). rwo baths aitic: gasolene lighting engine 

 sufficient for 110 electric lighis boi water beating apparatus; 

 cemented cellar floor; stationary tubs and fireplaces. Coacb barn 

 (5 box stalls); carnage barn and cow barn Lot 3 50 x 200 feet. 

 Tbis property cost $2S 000. is in Defect condition and may be 

 purchased for Si 6 000. Terms: $S 000 down; balance on time. 

 Investigation solicited. 



A. J. BAEHLE & CO., Agents 

 8 Blandina Street, Utica, N. Y. 



